Lid-bracket for boxes.



E. E. BRIGHT.

LID BRACKET FOR BOXES.

APPLICATION mm 0150. 19. 1914.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD E. BRIGHT, OF MORRIS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-FIFTHS TO JOHN T.

GEORGE, 015 MORRIS, ILLINOIS.

LID-BRACKET FOR BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application filed December 19, 1914. Serial No. 878,175.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD E. BRIGHT, acitizen of the United States. residing at Morris, in the county ofGrundy and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lid-Brackets for Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention has reference to certain new and usefulimprovements in brackets for supporting the lids of cigar boxes and thelike when said lids are open, so as to display the contents of the boxand present a neat appearance. At the same time the bracket or device towhich the present application relates serves as a convenient support fora price tag or the like.

There have been devised in the past numbers 'of devices relating to thesame general class to which the present device relates, but most ofthese are open to the objection that they are provided with arms orother extensions which must be forced down a considerable distance onthe interior side of the box. By reason of-this fact the cigars or othercontents of the box are frequently injured during the application of thedevice. Furthermore, a device having the foregoing objection cannot beapplied to an unusually shallow box.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a device of thisclass so constructed that it will clasp onto or take hold of-the upperoutside portion of the box and without the necessity of extending anypor tion of the device down any considerable distance into the interiorof the box. This will permit the device to be applied to the box withoutdisturbing the contents of the box, and, therefore, without danger ofinjuring the same. Another object is to provide a device of suchconstruction that when it has once been applied it will very rigidly andsecurely hold the box lid at the desired angle, thereby overcoming anobjection frequently found in devices of this general nature.

Other objects and uses will appear from a detailed description of theinvention which consists in the features of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing: Figure 1 shows an outside view of the corner of a boxand lid to which the device of the present, invention has been applied,a portion of the device being broken away; Fig. 2 is a section taken onthe line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3 isa, view corresponding to Fig. 1, looking at the device from the interiorof the box; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device, which isillustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, standing alone.

In the figures, the side and back walls of the box are designated by thenumerals 4 and 5 respectively and the lid by the numeral 6.

The device of the present invention comprises essentially an angularsheet of metal or other suitable rigid or stiff material 7 having theupwardly extending arm 8 and the horizontally projecting arm 9. Thehorizontal arm preferably tapers downwardly as illustrated best inFig. 1. The lower portion of the horizontal arm is flanged outwardly andthen down to provide the portion 10, Which,.as shown in Fig. 2, isadapted to lie against the outer surface of the end Wall of the box. Thelower edge of the portion 10 in turn is provided with teeth or rongs 11adapted to engage and bite into the material ofthe end of the box.

Pivoted to the central or angular portion of the plate 7 is a clampingdevice 12. This comprises preferably a sheet metal member having theflat portion 13 adapted to engage the upper portion of the inner surfaceof the end wall of the box, and the device 12 is so bent or formed thatit may overlie the portions 9 and 10 of the plate 7, as illustrated inFig. 2, wherein it will be seen that the plate 12 has the fiat portion14 which overlies and engages the portion 10. The plate 12 is pivoted tothe plate 7 at the point 15. A finger piece 16 on the end of the'member12 facilitates its manipulation.

From the foregoing, it will be observed that, in order to apply theplate 7 to the box, the portion 10 thereof may be pressed firmly againstthe upper outer surface of the end of the box, whereupon the member 12may be turned down into locking position.

arm is formed at right angles to the arm 9, and is adapted to lie firmlyagainst the back of the box. It will also be observed from anexamination of Figs: 1 and 3 that the arms 8 and 17 of the member 9 havethe flanged portions 18 which lie against the back surface of thetop ofthe box when the same is in'open position- The arm 8 of the member 7carries the plate 19v which is adapted to lie againstthe surface of thefront face of the lid when the same is open,

and this plate 19 may also be used to support a display cardQO. The lidof the box is grasped or engaged between the flange 18 and the plate 19,and is thus firmly secured to the arm 8 of the member 7. The lowerportion of the rib 18 is preferably struck inward to provide a lug 21which seats or engages against the bottom edge of the lid to stillfurther reinforce the connections between the parts.

From the foregoing description, it will appear that, after the devicehas been applied to the box, any attempt to turn the lid back will befirmly resisted by reason of the engagement of the arm 17 against theback of the box, and byreason of the fact that the prongs 11 penetrateinto the material of the end of the box.

*hile 1 have herein shown and described only a single form ofconstruction embodying the features of my invention, still it will beapparent that many modifications may be made without departingv from thespirit thereof. Therefore, I do not limit myself to the details ofconstruction herein shown and described, but include within the scope ofmy invention any equivalent construction operating in equivalent mannersto produce equivalent results.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a platehaving a member adapted to overlie the upper portion of the outside ofthebox, said member being provided with wood-engaging teeth and havingathird member adapted to engage the lid of the box, of a clamping devicepivoted to said plat and having a bifurcated portion adapted to engagethe upper portion of the inside of the box and the first-mentionedmember to thereby clamp said member against the box and to force theteeth of said member into the material of the box, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a lidclarnping device, the combination with a plate having threearms adapted to engage the upper edge of one end of the box, the lid ofthe box and the rear of the box respectively, the first-mentioned armbeing provided with a downwardly depend ing member having a plurality ofteeth adapted to engage the outer surface of the upper portion of thebox end, of a clamping member hinged to said plate and having abifurcated portion adapted to clamp the downwardly depending member intoengagement with the upper portion of the box end, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a lid-holding device, the combination with aplate having threearms adapted to engage the upper edge of the end of a box, the lid ofthe box and the back of the box respectively, the last-mentioned armslying substantially in alinement with each other and the first-mentionedarm being provided with a downwardly depending member having its innersurface of ragged formation to engage and grip the upper portion of theoutside face of the box end, of a bifurcated member pivoted to the plateand adapted to clamp the downwardly depending member into solidengagement with the box end when the bifurcated member is forced down,substantially as described.

4. In a lid-supporting device, the combination with a plate having threearms'adapted to engage the upper edge of the box end, the lid of the boxand the back of the box respectively, of a lug carried by thelastmentioned arm and adapted to engage and support the lower edge ofthe lid when the same is raised, there being a downwardlydepending-member on the first-mentioned arm and a bifurcated memberpivoted to the plate and adapted to clamp the plate and the box endsolidly into engagement with each other when the bifurcated member isforced down, substantially as described.

EDWVARD E. BRIGHT. I

Witnesses:

A. H. HILLIKER, J OHN T. GEORGE.

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Washington, D. C.

